Terms Used In Iowa Code 598C.204

• Adult: means an individual who has attained eighteen years of age or is an emancipated minor. See Iowa Code 598C.102
• Child: means any of the following:
   a. See Iowa Code 598C.102
• Court: means a tribunal, including an administrative agency, authorized under a law of this state other than this chapter to make, enforce, or modify a decision regarding custodial responsibility. See Iowa Code 598C.102
• Custodial responsibility: includes all powers and duties relating to caretaking authority and decision-making authority for a child. See Iowa Code 598C.102
• Deploying parent: means a service member who is deployed or has been notified of impending deployment and is any of the following:
   a. See Iowa Code 598C.102
• Deployment: means the movement or mobilization of a service member for more than ninety days but less than eighteen months pursuant to uniformed service orders that meet any of the following conditions:
   a. See Iowa Code 598C.102
• Nonparent: means an individual other than a deploying parent or other parent. See Iowa Code 598C.102
• Other parent: means an individual who, in common with a deploying parent, is one of the following:
   a. See Iowa Code 598C.102
• Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. ^{Source: OCC}
• State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Iowa Code 598C.102